"Monster" F1 cars hitting peaks of 8G in Melbourne

The unofficial Albert Park lap record was smashed today, Sebastian Vettel beating his old benchmark – set by the German back in qualifying for the 2011 Australian Grand Prix – for the first time during free practice 3, before Lewis Hamilton decimated it with his 1m22.188s in qualifying.
While shy of the much-touted five-second improvement over 2016 lap speeds, the cornering forces … Keep reading
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